Dump waste

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has asked for prompt inspection of reported waste dumping by the Hưng Hiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh Steel Company, Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday. The request was made following recent news stories alleging that the company was found burying a huge amount of waste at a farm run by the director of an environmental company in Kỳ Anh town of central Hà Tĩnh Province. Dũng urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) to co-ordinate with the provincial People's Committee to check the information. If it is true, measures should be taken to strictly address the case following legal regulations. The outcomes of the inspection must be reported to the Prime Minister, he added. Hà Tĩnh environmental police and inspectors on Monday afternoon discovered about 100 tonnes of stinking black waste at a farm in Kỳ Trinh Ward, Kỳ Anh District, while conducting a surprise inspection following reports by local residents about … [Read more...] about Did Formosa dump waste, once again?

IZ businesses dump waste water (08-11-2008) HA NOI — Many businesses in Tan Phu Trung Industrial Zone in Cu Chi District, 40km northwest of HCM City, have been caught dumping untreated waste water into the Thay Cai canal, according to the municipal People's Council. Only 28 out of the 48 businesses operating in the zone have waste treatment facilities, but even treated waste water does not yet meet the environmental protection standards, said Le Van Thanh, director of the Sai Gon Tay Bac company, which owns the industrial zone. Meanwhile, waste treatment facilities were not running regularly at some businesses, he said. The majority of businesses produce rubber, paper, chemicals or dye. "Thousands of local people who live near the Thay Cai canal have been endangered for many years by the pollution. They often have to suffer through the nasty smells which come from the canal, particularly during the hot weather," said Huynh Van Ni, chairman of Tan Phu Trung commune. The polluted … [Read more...] about IZ businesses dump waste water

Police said the sample was taken for tests at the request of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The 'Vedan story' attracted public attention last year after inspectors revealed the Dong Nai-based company had been releasing toxic, untreated wastewater directly into the river for more than 14 years. Farmers from Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, where the 80km river runs through, blamed local authorities for allowing the pollution without forcing the firm to pay compensation to them. Research by Ho Chi Minh City-based National University scientists shows that Vedan dumped 3,500-4,500 cubic meters of waste into the Thi Vai River in southern Dong Nai Province each day, contributing 90 percent of the river's pollution. According to the group, since Vedan opened its plant in 1993, pollution levels of the river increased year by year. Although other industrial firms located along the river were also blamed for pollution, their contributions … [Read more...] about MSG maker inspected for dumping waste; again

Environment Crime Prevention Police in the southern province of Dong Nai caught two tanker trucks belonging to Metro Cash & Carry Supermarket while they were dumping waste near a residential area in Tan Phong Ward in Bien Hoa City.
Two drivers named Luu Ba Ngoc and Do Quang Duy told the police that they were transporting waste from Metro Cash & Carry Supermarket in Bien Hoa City.
Police officials then met with Pham Quang Binh, manager of Metro Bien Hoa, as well as Vo Dinh Thao and Do Thanh Tam from the maintenance division of the supermarket to clarify the issue.
Tam said that on January 25, Metro Bien Hoa destroyed five cartons of expired shampoo and shower cream by pouring the liquid into the wastewater treatment plant of the supermarket, causing wastewater to overflow outside.
The supermarket staff used machines to pump wastewater from the plant's reservoir to release into the drainage system at about 10 cubic meters per day.
Binh and Thao also asked … [Read more...] about Trucks caught dumping waste in residential area in Dong Nai Province

Shortly after the dumping was detected in mid-July, the provincial People’s Committee and the MoNRE inspected the landfills at Con Tro Hill in Ky Trinh ward of Ky Anh town, Xanh (Green) Park, and the Ky Tan dumping ground. The dumper, Ky Anh urban environment management and construction consultation joint stock company, was forced to collect all the illegally-dumped waste. The collected waste, amounting to 390.72 tonnes (with soil and rocks mixed) as of July 17, was kept at a treatment facility of the Ha Tinh Industrial Waste Processing Co. Ltd. At the landfills, MoNRE staff took 38 samples of waste mud, 30 samples of soil, one well-water sample, and three spring water samples. Test results show that some of the waste mud samples contained cyanide levels exceeding the permissible level of hazardous waste. However, the surface and underground water along with soil at the dump sites and their surrounding areas have not been contaminated by the illegal waste, the ministry said. … [Read more...] about Formosa’s illegally dumped waste contains toxic substances: ministry

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group’s Power Generation Corporation 3 (EVNGENCO 3) is submitting an application for a licence to dump waste mud into the sea off the coast of Binh Thuan province, a company official has said.
The dumping area is 30ha wide and 8km away from the Hon Cau MPA.
The company is meant to dump 2.4 million cu.m. of mud into the sea area in Vinh Tan commune, Tuy Phong district.
The dumping location is 10km from the Han Cau Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Le Trung Hieu, the company’s chief officer, said the mud was collected from dredging canals and quays to build a 100,000 tonne-port for importing coal from Indonesia and Australia to serve three Vinh Tan thermal power plants.
However, by July 8, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) had not received any application from EVNGENCO 3 to dump the “materials,” MONRE Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Linh said. … [Read more...] about EVN asks to dump waste mud into sea

HAI PHONG (VNS) - Authorities in Thuy Nguyen District in the northern port city of Hai Phong have caught a company discharging waste water into a marsh next to the Bach Dang River.
Residents in Phuc Le Commune reported to Lao dong (Labour) newspaper that the Hai Phong Thermo-electric Joint-stock Company discharged its waste into the marsh in Phuc Le, Pha Le and Lap Le communes.
On Wednesday, a reporter at the scene saw the company's waste-water reservoir leaking into the marsh through cinder bags.
Later, the bags were removed and waste water from the reservoir poured into the marsh. The reporter phoned local authorities to come and catch the culprits red-handed. … [Read more...] about Factory dumps waste in marsh

TAY NINH (VNS) — The southern province of Tay Ninh has temporarily shut down the My Loi private enterprise for discharging untreated waste into the river.
According to the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the enterprise discharged wastewater from processing cassava into the Vam Co Dong River.
So far this year, the province has suspended operations of 12 production factories for causing pollution, and issued fines to six firms worth a total of VND447 million (US$ 21,300). — VNS … [Read more...] about Company closed for dumping waste

DA NANG (VNS)— The central city's People's Committee fined Keyhinge Toys Company VND100 million (US$4,800) for violating environment regulations at Hoa Khanh industrial Park in Lien Chieu district.
The wholly foreign-invested toy producer did not distinguish its hazardous waste from other common rubbish.
The company had also failed to arrange safe storage and packaging for the waste before dumping.
Meanwhile, the People's Committee in northern Phu Tho Province moved to penalise the Thang Long International JSC for releasing untreated exhaust fumes into the atmosphere well above the permitted limit.
The fine is said to be VND42 million ($2,000). . — VNS … [Read more...] about Toy producer fined for dumping waste

The Phu Yen Province environmental police on Monday found MTV House and Urban Development Company based in Tuy Hoa Town dumping untreated waste from garbage dumps in Tho Vuc Commune, Hoa Kien Village, into a nearby stream.
Thanh Nien (Young People) Delta farmer donates land for school Construction of Dong Hoa 4 Primary School in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang's An Minh District began last week. The school is being built on a 3,500sq.m plot of land in Dong Hoa village donated by Nguyen Van Hien, a local farmer. Construction of the school, estimated to cost VND800 million (US$38,100), will be financed by VNHELP (Vietnam Health, Education and Literature Projects), a US-based charity. Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) Employers fail to pay social insurance Ninh Thuan Province Social Insurance Agency said 262 businesses owed more than VND25 billion ($1.1 million) in workers' social and health insurance premiums by November last year. The agency has filed lawsuits against … [Read more...] about Phu Yen company found dumping waste